Hose-supporter.



PATENTBD SEPT. 24, 1907.

H. G. MACWILLIAM. HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 19,1906.

TPE NORRIS Pars HUGH GORDON MAOWILLIAM, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

HosE-sUPPoRTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed May 19,1906. Serial No. 317,674.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH GORDON MACWILLIAM, "a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at New Rochelle, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hose-supporters, designed more particularly for half-hose, its object being to provide a garter wherein the sock grip can be easily and quickly secured to the sock or stocking,-

and will lie fiat upon the leg, and wherein the connections between the grip and the leg-encircling, or other grip-supporting, portion of the garter shall be flexible and adjustable to different lengths of hose.

To this end my invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front view of a mans garter embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a detail of the pivoted cord clasp and its connections, on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 3 is a front view of the garter with the legstrap partly broken away, showing the out-swung position of the cord clasps when the garter is adjusted to a long sock.

In the drawings I have illustrated the invention ap plied to a garter for half-hose. As there shown thegarter comprises a leg-encircling strap A, provided at one end with a hook B. At the otherend it is folded upon itself and provided with anadjusting buckle 0. Passing loosely through the fold 2 of the garter is a cord 3,

having its ends secured in clasps 4 which are pivotally' connected by pivots 5 with the free ends of the arms 6 of the sock grip D.

The sock-grip consists of a flat open-topped member formed at the bottom with a narrow slot 7 to catch and hold the sock or stocking, and having upwardly extend,

ing arms 6 separated and spaced apart from each other a sufiicient distance to permit a sockportion to be drawn down between them; The grip-arms are united below the slot but are otherwise unconnected and spaced apart so as to leave between them an opening extending entirely to the top of the grip. The lodging or centering of the sock-portionin the slot is much facilitated by having the grip-arms generally V-shaped or divergent as shown in the drawings.

To adjust the garter to the sock it is only necessary to grasp a portion of the sock by the thumb and finger, carry'it between the arms of the open-grip, then draw up the grip until the sock-portion is wedged in the slot, and then catch the cord 3 over the hook B.

The insertion of the sock in the grip is much facilitated by the absence of any yoke or connection between the grip-arms, for the sock-portion may be carried into the grip and lodged in the slot with a single sweep of the hand. Furthermore the clasps 4, being preferably free to swing upon pivots 5, will adjust themselves to any position of the grip. If the sock is comparatively short, the portions of the cord leading from the grip to the legstrap will be drawn towards each other, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and the clasps 4 will swing inwards.

If the sock is comparatively long, the cord portions will be spread away from each other, and the clasps, turning upon their pivots, will assume a position in which their upper ends are swung away from each other, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Thus, in every case, the clasps will stand in alinement with the cord, so that the cord will pull directly upon the pivots, thus preventing wear upon the cords and increasing the comfort of the wearer.

By the term cord, as herein used is meant any instrumentality which will act in substantially the same way as a cord strictly so-called.

I claim as my invention: I

1. In a hose supporter, in combination, a supporting strap, an open topped sock-grip formed at the bottom with a sock receiving slot and having upwardly extending a-rlns separated and spaced apart from one another entirely to the top to permit a sock-portion to be carried between them, and a cord connection between each of the griparms and the supporting strap.

2. In a hose-supporter, in combination, a supporting strap, a V-shaped sock-grip having divergent arms separated and spaced apart entirely to the top to permit a sock-portion to be carried between them and a cord con necting each of the grip-arms with the supporting strap.

In a hose supporter, in combination, a supporting strap, an open-topped soclcgrip formed at the bottom with a sock-receiving slot and having upwardly extending arms separated and spaced apart from one another entirely to the top to permit a sock-portion to be carried between them, a cord-clasp pivotally connected with each of the grip-arms, anda cord having its ends held fast in the clasps and connected intermediately with the supporting strap.

4. In a hose-supporter, in combination, a leg-encircling strap, an open-ended V-shapcd grip, a cord-clasp pivotaliy connected with each of the gripar1ns, and a cord having its ends held fast in the clasps and engaging intermediately the leg-encircling strap.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH GORDON MACWILLIAM. Witnesses E. I. BENNETT, V. L. E. DAT'IENIER. 

